The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Global , an American multinational media conglomerate headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan , New York City .
Paramount Studio Group – physical studio and post-production
The Studios at – production facilities & lot
Paramount on Location – production support facilities throughout North America including New York, Vancouver, and Atlanta
Worldwide Technical Operations – archives, restoration and preservation programs, the mastering and distribution fulfillment services, on-lot post-production facilities management
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Music
Paramount Global Content Distribution
Paramount Motion Picture Group
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios
Nickelodeon Group (international channels)
MTV Entertainment Group (international channels)
Divested
AXS TV (20%)[29] – sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment in 2019
Bellator MMA – Sold to Professional Fighters League in 2023
Blockbuster – spun off in 2004
CBS Building – purchased by Harbor Group International in 2021
CBS/Columbia Records – sold to Sony in 1987, renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991
CBS Educational and Professional Publishing – sold to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1986
CBS Eye on People – acquired by Discovery Communications in 1998/1999
CBS/Fox Video
CBS Musical Instruments
CBS Outdoor (now Outfront Media) – spun off into an independent real estate investment trust in 2014
CBS Outdoor International – sold to Platinum Equity in 2013
CBS Outernet – renamed Outfront Media Outernet
CBS Radio – merged with Entercom (former CBS Corporation shareholders received a 72% stake in Entercom)
CBS Studio Center – sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management in 2021
CBS Telenoticias
CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020[30]
Decades (50%, with Weigel Broadcasting ) – Since fall 2019, Decades is carried on Fox-owned stations in 12 markets as part of a multi-year agreement between Weigel Broadcasting and Fox Television Stations , after switching from CBS-owned stations.[31]
DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of Amblin Partners . However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2011 back-catalog.
Epix – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired Viacom's stake in the network in 2017
Famous Music – in-house music publishing arm of Paramount Pictures, sold to Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2007
Famous Players – sold to Cineplex Galaxy in 2005
Fox -Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ) - shut down in 2020
GameTrailers – sold to Defy Media ; later shut down and sold to IGN
Home Team Sports – sold to Comcast in 2000/2001 and renamed Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Harmonix
Ideal Toy Company – sold to View-Master in 1986
KVMM-CD – sold to HC2 Holdings in 2019
Lifetime – Viacom sold its stake to co-owners Hearst Communications and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. in 1994
Midwest Sports Channel – acquired by News Corporation in 2000 and renamed Fox Sports Net North
Multi Channel Network – 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to Foxtel on January 1, 2019[32]
MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
Paramount Parks
Pop Culture Media – sold to Savage Ventures in 2024[33] [34]
Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson in 1998
RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar in October 2018
RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with RTL Group ; acquired by Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainment[35]
Orion Pictures - other stake acquired by Viacom in 1986, subsequently it sold to Metromedia in 1987; currently owned by Amazon (through Amazon MGM Studios ).
Rainbow S.p.A. – 30% stake purchased by Viacom in 2011 re-acquired by Iginio Straffi in 2023
Gruppo Iven S.p.A.
Bardel Entertainment
Rainbow CGI
Moviement Talent Agency
Witty Toys
Tridimensional S.r.l.
Rysher Entertainment – assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution
Sega
Showtime Arabia – 21%; co-owned with KIPCO ; merged with Orbit Communications Company to form Orbit Showtime Network
Simon & Schuster – sold to KKR & Co. Inc. in 2023[36]
Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
Telemeter — spun off in 1966 after Gulf+Western bought Paramount; shut down in 1969
Tempo – sold to Frederick Morton Jr. in 2007
TriStar Pictures – joint venture with Time Inc. 's HBO and Columbia Pictures . In 1985, CBS sold a small percent of TriStar to Columbia and HBO.
USA Networks – Viacom sold its stake in the company to Universal Pictures in 1997
Viacom Cable – sold to TCI in 1995; Ohio systems resold to Time Warner Cable in 1998
Viacom Radio
Viacom18 - sold 13.01% stake to Reliance Industries , TV18 and Bodhi Tree Systems in 2024
Viacom18 US
Viacom18 Media
Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay Entertainment and Titus Interactive in 1998/1999
Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - sold to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 2021
Xfire
Dormant or shuttered
TV Entertainment (CBS Group)